Re: Public Review Issue: UAX #24 Proposed Update

From: Mark E. Shoulson (mark@kli.org)
Date: Thu Sep 09 2004 - 07:31:21 CDT

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    Jony Rosenne wrote:

    >>-----Original Message-----
    >>From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org]
    >>Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 7:12 AM
    >>To: Jony Rosenne
    >>Cc: unicode@unicode.org
    >>Subject: Re: Public Review Issue: UAX #24 Proposed Update
    >>
    >>
    >>Jony Rosenne scripsit:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>FB1D, HEBREW LETTER YOD WITH HIRIQ, should be assigned to
    >>>
    >>>
    >>the unknown
    >>
    >>
    >>>group. It is not a Hebrew character, notwithstanding the misleading
    >>>name.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>To anticipate Michael: Of course it is. It's not used in
    >>the Hebrew language, perhaps; but the Hebrew script is used
    >>for other languages besides Hebrew.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >The UTC refused to add Yiddish to the name, unlike the other Yiddish
    >specialties, and I am not aware of any other possibility.
    >
    >
    Names are sometimes inaccurate, viz. ZINOR and ZARQA and the infamous
    FHTORA. That doesn't change the meaning or utility of the character.

    ~mark

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